At 1-under, two-time winner Bill Britton of Trump National Golf Club, Colts Neck sits in a tie for third with 2014 champion Pat Fillian of Echo Lake and Brian Krulfeifer of North Jersey, a semifinalist at the Assistant Match Play Championship last week.

In a tie for sixth are Echo Lake’s Brian Mackey, Andrew Gordon of Rumson Country Club, and John McCarthy of Morris County Golf Club at even par.

The top 11 finishers for the New Jersey PGA Championship will qualify for the PGA Professional Championship, which features a field of 312 PGA Professionals from around the country.